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Sculpture depicting a local stonemason and fisherman by artist and sculptor carved in Portland Stone by Joanna Szuwalska. This magnificent carving stands near the point where stone was loaded onto trucks to start their journey down the Merchants’ Railway to Castletown.

Portland Castle is one of the Device Forts built in 1539 by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland to guard the natural Portland anchorage known as the Portland Roads. The castle lies in the far north of the island, in the village now called Castletown, near Fortuneswell. The castle is under the care of English Heritage.

WITH their roots in the South Dorset Ridgeway and inspired by the rich sources of locally collected folk songs and West Gallery carols, The Ridgeway Singers and Band led by Tim Laycock and Phil Humphries have once again tuned their fiddles and voices to present a joyous celebration of Christmas past and present this winter.